Category Archives: Local News Now

A petition circulating that asks Kamloops city council to ban plastic bags is being welcomed by one councillor. Arjun Singh acknowledged the issue of plastic pollution. "Is it the biggest issue that I...

It's coming up on flu season this year, and health officials are urging people to get the flu shot. So far there has been little activity of the flu this season, but things could pick up Medical Healt...

It's an effort to increase the use of the internet to aid health care in smaller communities in the BC Interior. The Interior Health Authority says a pilot project involving the use of virtual consult...

Thompson Rivers University is expecting another budget surplus. Vice president Matt Milovick says this covers the 2019-20 fiscal year. "When we strike the budget, we will probably after we factor in o...

With Greyhound leaving B.C., jails in the province will need to find a way to transport inmates upon release. Inmates released from prison are often given a Greyhound bus ticket to go home. Dean Purdy...

Sicamous RCMP is investigating a violent home invasion that occurred early Wednesday morning. Two males armed with handguns forced their way into a home while a female suspect remained outside. A 59-y...

The RCMP in Kamloops are looking for a different vehicle involved in that hit and run this past weekend, in downtown Kamloops. Police have new information, and now say the vehicle involved was a cobal...

The mayor-elect of Chase says he has a pretty clear list of priorities on his to do list when he is sworn into office. Rod Crowe wants to modernize Chase City Hall. "I believe in transparency and acco...

The Tory MP for the Kamloops is clarifying her comments, and her party's stance, on legal marijuana. Cathy McLeod now says her answer to the question of whether or not her party would roll back mariju...

The BC Coroners office has taken over the investigation of an accident near Westwold that took the life of a 34-year-old American rapper. Jon James McMurray was walking on the wing of a small plane wh...